Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: nfc: llcp: Add lock when modifying device list
The device list needs its associated lock held when modifying it, or the list could become corrupted, as syzbot discovered.
Details
- Affected product:
- Ubuntu 16.04 ELS , Ubuntu 18.04 ELS
- Affected packages:
- linux @ 4.15.0 (+2 more)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: nfc: llcp: Add lock when modifying device list
The device list needs its associated lock held when modifying it, or the list could become corrupted, as syzbot discovered.